Luck - Rain's Thursday Art Date / PPF

Hi Everybody!

Now you won't believe this - I actually walked for half an hour this afternoon and it didn't rain....but don't worry the rest of the day was wet enough. In a couple of days it should get better, I so hope they are right!

Rain's theme this Thursday is 'luck'. The dictionary definition of luck is :

'success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions'. Does that mean we should sit and wait for good or bad things to happen? Oh no!

 There are also lots of quotes and sayings about luck. One of my faves is:

You never know what worse luck your bad luck saved you from 

(Cormac McCarthy)

I think it is important to accept the good and bad things that happen in life, and to try to make the best of them. That's my way of finding luck. Luck for me can also be equated with happiness.  People often speak of the 'luck of the Irish', and green, four-leaved clovers are often used as a symbol for luck.

The Chinese  waving cat is also supposed to bring luck:

Does winning a game of cards make us lucky, healthy or happy?

Being together with like minded people does us good:

Snakes and ladders was one of my fave games as a child, and I still play it when I get a chance. Winning isn't important, but having fun is!

Lots of people think rainbows are lucky - they're certainly lovely and always make me happy:

And my lucky moments every day come very often in form of coffee and cappuccino:

I made this painting back in 1990s. I was sitting in a tram on my way home one evening and a group of  tramps, all rather drunk, got in and started to annoy me. They tried to pull my scarf away, pulled my hair, tried to take things out of my shopping bag etc. There were lots of 'normal' people in the tram, who just moved further away and watched from a distance - nobody tried to help. Then I swung a punch with my left arm, it hit one of the men on the nose and he fell back into the group of his colleagues, hardly able to believe what had happened to him. I got off at the next stop, but not without telling the cowards who had just watched and not helped exactly what I thought of them. I painted the picture as soon as I got home, and still love the satisfaction I got from that punch to defend myself. The Latin text means 'No one provokes me with impunity': 

And other things which make me feel lucky and happy?

Birthday cake baked by friends:

Strong women:

Having friends to spend time with:

Freedom to travel and explore:

Street Art:

Being able to lift my face and feel the warmth of the sun:

The freedom to create art as I want to:

And home made apple pie:

And I have another tag for Tag Tuesday - this theme makes me happy, too:

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday

And these wonderful creatures are really enjoying the abundance of flood water just now:

Every field has become a lake:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!